Sound Off

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“Emergency room doctors hate Obamacare. They don’t understand it and by the time they can figure out how to treat the patient it may be too late. All pre-existing conditions are not covered with ACA. If you are in a wheelchair or a smoker you are not covered. Elderly patients are denied chemo and medical care for cancer. Doctors say that women are dumped on and can’t get birth control but men can get Viagra. Prescription drugs cost more with ACA. National health care never worked in other countries and it will not work here. So let’s put health back in health care. Read the book, ‘Why Obamacare is Bad for America’ by Tom Miller.”

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— Terry

“Sen. Andy Dinniman’s labeling the governor’s balanced budget ‘a true disappointment’ describes my opinion of him and his candidate Wolf for governor. Wolf was a revenue secretary under previous Democrat Gov. Ed Rendell who left an unbalanced budget with a $4.2 billion deficit for Gov. Corbett to solve. Andy endorses the Democrats policy of deficit spending while the Republicans try to live within the state’s means. The era of deficit spending has driven the United States deep into debt and doubling the debt under Obama’s administration and it’s time for a change, it’s time we stop deficit spending.”

— Tex of West Chester

“Of course Obama hates the United States, just like the Rev. Jeremiah Writer and his mother did also. He should be impeached before it’s too late.”

— Molly of Sadsburyville

“Rachel, here it is again ... the same old thing. You mention impeachment and call Obama a traitor. No he’s not. You don’t know what you’re talking about. He has not taken away any of our freedoms or put our lives at risk in any way. I don’t know where you get your information from as you preach the same old story except in different words. Get off this kick. Ruth, you say when people disagree with me that they changed the original Sound Off and I don’t get credit ... well that’s not true. Do you read Sound Off every time it comes out on Sundays and Wednesdays? That’s not true what you say. Nothing you say makes any sense. And conservatism, like yourself, is not always a good thing and liberalism is not always a bad thing ... it depends upon the situation and how it is handled. It can’t be one all the time and it depends upon the situation whether I am radical, moderate, liberal or conservative.”

— Brooks of Westtown

“More lies and inappropriate behavior by our embarrassing Attorney General Kathleen Kane. When will the people finally say enough is enough? She lied when she accused then-Attorney General Tom Corbett and his investigators of dragging their feet with Jerry Sandusky and supposedly enabling him to molest two more boys. In the typical liberal Democrat fashion she made the lame statement that she was mistaken. She is incompetent at best. She needs to go. And to all of the Republicans who feel too busy or not interested enough to vote, put this date on your calendar, Nov. 4. Wake up!”

— J.B.

“We will try to be clever in our writing. We had vacationed in New Jersey and just came back. For no reason BP gave a cash gift to New Jersey. Now I’ll try to be clever. A cash gift is the throne where BP rules. The people there like them. I learned about the concept paying forward. I’ll work on it.”

— BJ of Westtown

“While there are some exceptions, or should I say just a few, in the Catholic Church the Blessed Virgin appears in only Catholic countries from Spain, Portugal, Mexico and France, just to name a few ... also saints do the same. This is an enigma to me. Should she appear in The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, et al? You get my point. In all Internet sites Joan of Arc of France was a teenager who advocated killing and mass murder. Should we pray to her? I would rather skip these people and pray first hand directly to God.”

— Bill of West Chester

“J.B. claims that two newspapers reported the Isis had seized control of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons factories and storage sites at Muthana, Iraq. Then he says there were WMDs after all and it justified our invasion of Iraq in 2003 in order to protect us from those WMDs. That is simply right-wing blog nonsense. During the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s Hussein did indeed use the complex to make chemical weapons. They were used in his war with Iran and also on Iraqis who rebelled against his regime. prior to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. After Iraq was defeated by the U.S. and UN forces, the UN then put sanctions on Iraq and demanded that it destroy such weapons. The complex recently occupied by Isis was the main factory that produced such weapons and became the primary facility for collection and destruction of such weapons after that 1990 war and in accordance with UN resolutions ... and this was being done at that facility. Inspections assured that the facility was dismantled and that remaining chemical stocks were militarily useless because of old age and sealed in bunkers. This was all done prior to our invasion in 2003. Iraq had already destroyed its chemical weapon WMD stocks along with the factories. In the 2002 almost everyone in the world knew this, including our own CIA. The chief weapons inspector for the United Nations pleaded for more time to investigate because their teams in 2002 and 2003 had not found any evidence of existing usable chemical weapons. Still we invaded and that act is a stain on the honor of America. “

— Steve of Oxford

“I read a review of the new book, ‘Radical Remissions: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds’ by Dr. Kelly Turner. Dr. Turner describes the commonalities among miracle patients who have survived cancer against all odds. There are many factors including reducing stress and embracing social support, releasing suppressed emotions, a strong desire to live and a rediscovered or renewed spiritual connection. BY far the most important change these people made was the radical change in their diet. The survivors eliminated chemicals and other toxins found in refined foods and eliminated ingredients that may contribute to cancer growth. They reduced or eliminated sugar, meat, dairy and refined food. Eat lots of organic only ... fruits and vegetables, drink plenty of pure water ... no soda, juice or milk. This book exemplifies what I’ve been saying all along. During my lifetime I have seen the typical American’s diet change from pure wholesome food that you grew in your own garden or purchased from a local farmer to refined fast foods that are full of anti-chemical carcinogens, causing a number of diseases in today’s Americans. Honestly, I have a large garden where I grow a number of organic vegetables for myself and many neighbors. Some local supermarkets have many good selections of organic vegetables and fruits. Yes, they cost a little more but isn’t your life worth it?”